I counted 15 performers with Eliza Douglas as the charismatic leader of the pack. As they moved across the room the audience created space for them as in the biblical story in which God parted the Red Sea. It felt like a procession was taking place. They start with a choreography that is somewhere in between a dance and a rugby scrum which is followed by a majestic sequence in which two performers are carried around a room as if on portable thrones accompanied with epic ‘Game of Thrones’ like music. Sascha Eusebe enters the room with a scary zombie look in his eyes as if he had just come of the set from the Michael Jackson video ‘Thriller’. The first time they perform in the East Tank, the room is filled with an electrifying energy. In the South tank the audience stands on a raised platform watching from a distance the performers’ choreographed sequences of gestures and movements. In the East tank there is also a distance as the performers stand, sit or walk on a raised pier with the audience on the ground, but they can mingle with the audience as well. In the circular tanks Imhof plays with the dynamics between the performers and the audience. The four hour live performance is hosted in Tate Modern’s Tanks which consists of two large circular tanks (the South and East tank), two smaller rectangular tanks Transformer I & II, and the Drum Gallery. Thierry Somers finds out what the atmosphere of Imhof’s latest performance ‘Sex’ at Tate Modern is like. The choreographed performances by Anne Imhof are about creating an atmosphere that bring up associations.
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